Chelsea’s Premier League title victory in Antonio Conte’s first season as a manager in England earned them almost £151m in prize cash, with official figures showing they have pocketed £150,811,183 from central funds alone.
The money comes primarily from the PL’s huge TV deals but also includes Chelsea’s share of the league’s central commercial income.
Manchester City were the second highest earners, making £146,927,965, followed by Liverpool (£146,122,439) then Tottenham (£145,461,325).
City and Liverpool both earned more than Tottenham despite finishing lower than Spurs in the table because they had more games shown live on TV in the UK – and more TV games means more money in the payments system.
Manchester United, with £141m, were the only other club earning more than £140m although Arsenal came close on £139.6m. The lowest earning club, bottom of the table Sunderland, had to settle for ‘only’ £93,471,118.
The 20 clubs between them have split a staggering £2.4billion this season, from annual Premier League income that is now approaching £3bn a year, the vast majority from TV deals either at home or from overseas.
Chelsea’s money was made up of £38,832,180 ‘merit’ cash for finishing top of the table, £32,827,014 in ‘facility fees’ for being shown in 28 live TV games in the UK, plus equal shares of the domestic TV deal, overseas TV deals and commercial income from the league’s sponsors.
Sky and BT Sport are paying £5.136 billion between them to show Premier League matches live in the UK across three seasons from 2016 to 2019 inclusive. Foreign broadcasters around world are paying more than £3 billion combined, on top, for the same period.
EPL EARNERS
CHELSEA -£150,811,183M
MAN CITY -£146,927,965M
LIVERPOOL -£146,122,439M
TOTTENHAM -£145,461,325M
MAN UTD – £141,103,138M
ARSENAL -£139,636,498M
EVERTON – £127,800,699M
SOUTHAMPTON -£122,450,841M
BOURNEMOUTH -£118,237,066 M
WEST HAM -£116,626,014M
LEICESTER -£115, 820,488M
WEST BROM -£ 114,023,291M
C/PLACE -£109,665,104M
STOKE -£107,062,381M
SWANSEA -£103,179,163M
WATFORD -£102,704,194M
BURNLEY -£101,237,554M
MIDDLESBROUGH -£98,820,976M
HULL CITY -£97,354, 336M
SUNDERALND -£93,471,118M
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